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New species discovered: Protist parasites contribute to the stability of rainforest ecosystems
Tropical rainforests are one of the most species-rich areas on earth. Thousands of animal and plant species live there. The smaller …
Three “Highly Cited Researchers” at HITS
In this year’s ranking of “Highly Cited Researchers”, three HITS scientists are named among the most cited researchers worldwide: Tilmann …
Data for life
HITS researcher Alexandros Stamatakis is new SAB member of the Greek ELIXIR National Node Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis, head of the Scientific …
„Hands on“: Auszeichnung für Bioinformatik-Praktikum
This text is only available in German. Die Lehrveranstaltung „Hands-on Bioinformatics Practical“ von Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis und Dr. Tomas Flouri wird …
SCO Scientists: “Best Lecture” at KIT Computer Science
For their lecture “Introduction to Bioinformatics for Computer Scientists”, SCO group members Alexandros Stamatakis, Andre Aberer, Tomas Flouri, Alexey Kozlov, Kassian …
Computer Science Talent joins HITS
In February 2015, Sarah Lutteropp joined the SCO group (leader: Alexandros Stamatakis) as student worker. She currently studies at the Karlsruhe …
New Branches at the Tree of Life
Biologist Emily Jane McTavish (University of Kansas) does evolutionary research using DNA sequence data and computational tools. She is visiting the …
In “Science”: Big data explain evolution of birds
Bird tree of life reproduced by gene analysis and supercomputing, new findings about basics of birdsongs, feathers, biodiversity, and bird evolution …
HITSter wins Heidelberg Science Slam
Lucas Czech, PhD student in the HITS group Scientific Computing (SCO), won the Heidelberg Science Slam at O’Reilly’s Heidelberg …
PhD defense
Our visiting PhD student Paschalia Kapli, that visited our lab twice, successfully defended her PhD at the University of Crete on …